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Tell me a time when you didn't get along with a team member and how did you handle the situation? Tell me how you would approach a situation in which you were confused and/or needed assistance to complete an assignment? Which was your least favorite class in college and why? Which class did you struggle with the most in college and what steps did you take in order to achieve a good grade? Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years? What is your dream job? Tell me about a stressful scenario you experienced in which the situation forced you to multi-task and how were you able to accomplish the task?
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Financial Analyst - Finance Development Program

Interviewed at JPMorganChase

3.9
Jan 14, 2017

Tell me a time when you didn't get along with a team member and how did you handle the situation? Tell me how you would approach a situation in which you were confused and/or needed assistance to complete an assignment? Which was your least favorite class in college and why? Which class did you struggle with the most in college and what steps did you take in order to achieve a good grade? Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years? What is your dream job? Tell me about a stressful scenario you experienced in which the situation forced you to multi-task and how were you able to accomplish the task?

Technical: What's going on in the insurance industry in the news? What's going on in the finance industry in the news? What's going on with Zurich in the news? What is the insurance company's second-biggest expense? What are the four financial statements and how do they relate to one another?
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Financial Analyst - Finance Development Program

Interviewed at Zurich North America

3.8
Sep 14, 2020

Technical: What's going on in the insurance industry in the news? What's going on in the finance industry in the news? What's going on with Zurich in the news? What is the insurance company's second-biggest expense? What are the four financial statements and how do they relate to one another?

From HR: Q1: tell me about yourself? Q2: Do you know that working as consultant will be different from working in industrial job? how do you prepare for it? Q3: How do you deal with a new team? how do you get to know new people? Q4: Tell me about a time that you multitasking? Basically if you learn about classical questions, you will be fine. from Partner: Q1: how do you know about IFRS 9? Q2: what is your experiences with finance accounting? Q3: tell me about derivatives? what is option contract? what is the characteristics option? Q4: how do you see yourself in 5 years, 10 years? Q5: do you have any questions for us? Q6: some basic questions to test my level of German. things like how do you learn german in your daily life? just very simple. around 2 or 3 questions

From HR: Q1: tell me about yourself? Q2: Do you know that working as consultant will be different from working in industrial job? how do you prepare for it? Q3: How do you deal with a new team? how do you get to know new people? Q4: Tell me about a time that you multitasking? Basically if you learn about classical questions, you will be fine. from Partner: Q1: how do you know about IFRS 9? Q2: what is your experiences with finance accounting? Q3: tell me about derivatives? what is option contract? what is the characteristics option? Q4: how do you see yourself in 5 years, 10 years? Q5: do you have any questions for us? Q6: some basic questions to test my level of German. things like how do you learn german in your daily life? just very simple. around 2 or 3 questions

He didn't so much ask questions as present his grandiose thoughts of himself and expectations for a "work horse" CFO. He doesn't take more than a weeks' vacation and expects others to follow suit. Likewise pretty much everything else he had to say was full of himself and his wants and needs. He ALSO stated that whomever he hired would be expected to fire staff he didn't like. Really???
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Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer

Interviewed at cohens fashion optical

3.4
Sep 3, 2016

He didn't so much ask questions as present his grandiose thoughts of himself and expectations for a "work horse" CFO. He doesn't take more than a weeks' vacation and expects others to follow suit. Likewise pretty much everything else he had to say was full of himself and his wants and needs. He ALSO stated that whomever he hired would be expected to fire staff he didn't like. Really???

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